LOUIS W. ROSE

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Posted Feb. 5, 2013 at 2:00 AM

Posted Feb. 5, 2013 at 2:00 AM

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September 26, 1927 - February 2, 2013

Mountainside, NJ

A Mass for Louis W. Rose will be offered in Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Mountainside, NJ at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, February 6, 2013, following the farewell from Dooley Funeral Home, 218 North Ave. West, Cranford, NJ 07016. Friends are invited to visit from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Mr. Rose, who died on Saturday, February 2, 2013, at the age of 85, was the Data Systems Manager and Project Manager in the Information Systems Department with Bristol-Meyers Squibb in Hillside and Bridgewater, NJ before retiring in 1989.

He was a World War II veteran having served as a sergeant in the Army. He later graduated from Brown University, Providence, RI and did graduate work at Yale University.

A communicant of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Mr. Rose had belonged to the Holy Name Society and Nocturnal Adoration Society. He also managed Little League and Senior League baseball teams during the 1970s.

Born in Newburgh, NY, he was predeceased by his beloved wife of 48 years, Mary Rose (Yereance); his parents: William "Willie" Rose and Lena Bridget (Moore) Rose; and his sisters: Mary Siltz and Edith Lee Davis. They had lived in Providence, RI and Waterbury, CT before moving to Mountainside in 1964.

Surviving are three sons: Louis William Jr., and John Patrick, both of Mountainside, and William Vincent and his wife, Maria, of Forked River; and two grandchildren: Anne Marie and William Laurence.

Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery in Newburgh.

Flowers are welcome, but donations may be made to the Mountainside Rescue Squad, 1399 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092.